Red Knight Gardens Davao

... caves on Samal Island are famous for being the habitat of thousands of fruit bats, known locally as Kwaknits. This sanctuary of nocturnal creatures is considered as one of the worlds largest and is home to five major bat colonies. The small caves allow bats to cluster together in groups for warmth and security. These bats play a key role in maintaining the important balance in the island’s ecosystem. Bat droppings, also named guano, are the ...

... airlines was delayed so we had to leave at 2pm. <br><br>While we were waiting, I, Michelle and Dad looked at shops around the airport we bought juice and durian jam bread and sugar durian in bread. I didn&#8217;t like it very much. Then we went onto the aeroplane. It smelt like durian because somebody bought durian and put it in his luggage. It was very smelly. We all ...

Tue. 13 October 2009<br><br>Davao<br><br>We woke up at 5:30 and took a taxi to the board the plane to Davao. We were going to stay at Marco Polo hotel. It only took one hour and thirty minutes. We flew on Philippines Airlines. I sat by Mum this time. When arrived we took the hotel's taxi to Macro Polo. Davao was like a small town. It was in Mindanao. We arrived at the hotel it looked like the only fancy building in Davao. There was a ...

... bus and go through the motions of having personal and baggage checks, something that also happens every time you enter a major hotel or a shopping mall. It's a bit intimidating seeing all the soldiers with their weapons ready, but they seem friendly enough. Abu Sayyaf is a real threat in Mindanao, so there is good reason for the heavy security. It was nice to see a glimpse of a cultural show on the local GenSan channel which began with participants placing a picture of a church and ...

... mine with both hands resting on my tummy. It must have contained 4 liters of juice in it! Typical of these small islands in the Philippines, you can easily hire a fisherman and his banca to take you from one island to another. In this case, we opted to go around the whole Talicud Island. We were able to see Babusanta Beach, Angel's Cove, the Coral Garden, Mansud Wall ...

... the life of new immigrants in a foreign country, always balancing between Filipino and Canadian thinking and living... But even though I live so far away from my relatives in the Philippines, I'm honoured that they let me into their lives for this short period of time, disrupting their schedules for a week. I've also promised them (as well as my relatives in Guiling) that it won't take another 10 years to visit... I'll try to shorten that time down ...

Davao City... they have the good food, a lot of beautiful people. There are so many activities you can do here.. Great CITY! you can do scuba diving - low cost, but great scenes.. do white water rafting, see APO mountain,- do mountain climbing.. etc.. etc..

... wee hours of the morning.<br> <br>Experience a little more of life&#8217;s pleasures by visiting any of the malls and shopping centers that have made Davao some sort of a shopping mecca in this part of the country. Not only is the city home to malls like Victoria Plaza, Gaisano South, Robinson&#8217;s, NCCC, and Gaisano Davao, but it&#8217;s also the site of SM City Davao, the very first branch built in Mindanao, if I&#8217;m not mistaken. These all-in-one ...

... way of my best-laid plans. <br><br> One day, Rogelio "Odie" Royo and Florante "Anting" Ferraren, two officemates, who have turned the trek to Apo into an annual act of penance during Lent, helped pave the way for my first climb to the mountain. Upon knowing my plan, they displayed interest to show me the ropes. <br> <br>It was a cold Wednesday morning when the three of us, along with thirty others, left Davao. Destination: Kapatagan in nearby Digos City, the jump ...

... to buy more p*s*lubong. After shopping, I w*lked b*ck to the hotel to st*rt p*cking. 12nn, h*d * quick (but very delicious!) lunch *t Lol*'s pl*ce *g*in, then went to "Chin*town" to buy * Dooney *nd Bourke h*ndb*g *nd O*kley sh*des for myself. My mother *nd sister bought other br*nded items... yes, they look geniune... We returned to the hotel *t 3:30 p.m. to finish our p*cking. By 4pm ...